Find lyrics for all of the songs from Nowhere Nights.

Two of them were available on a digital-only EP called The Seeker that is no longer available.

The other two are Dylan covers, which I still want to make a whole record of. That’s Anna Foster singing in the background. One of these days, we’ll get back to working on that stuff.

Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Dylan)
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Mississippi (Dylan)
Mississippi

No Surrender (Springsteen)
02 No Surrender

Tower of Song (Cohen)
04 Tower of Song

“My friend, we been had.” – Chip Robinson

Chip and I rolled into the Knoxville Visitor’s Center expecting that we’d both be able to slump down in our respective chairs and hide behind a couple of microphones, like any other radio gig. Dead wrong.

The Blue Plate Special is a show. Like a real, live, in-front-of-people show. Families, working folks on their lunch break, folks who just wandered in for lunch, folks who attend these gigs religiously and, presumably (given the location), visitors. And then there’s me and Chip: two surly, groggy dudes, glassy eyed and slugging down coffee like it was Gatorade.

It wasn’t pretty.

So, that’s how it looked. Here’s how it sounded.

Live at WDVX :: Knoxville, TN :: April 19, 2010
01. Don’t Look Back
01 Don’t Look Back

02. Bellingham Blues
01 Bellingham Blues

03. I Was A Photograph
01 I Was A Photograph

These tunes were recorded in hotel rooms across the country over the course of the last few months. I hope you dig ‘em.

01. Mutineer (Warren Zevon)
Recorded March 25, 2010 at the Quality Inn in Bellingham, Washington.
Mutineer

02. In A Razor Town (Jason Isbell)
Recorded during one very late night (April 18/19, 2010) trading tunes with Chip in Nashville.
In A Razor Town

03. Bring On the Dancing Horses
Recorded April 12, 2010 at the Hotel San Jose in Austin, TX.
Bring On the Dancing Horses

Catch Kasey at this year’s SxSW festival in Austin, TX.

MARCH 17
Burnside Distribution Party
The Independent @ 501 Studios
501 I-35
Austin, TX 78702
12:00 – Shivering Denizens
12:45 – Righteous Hillbillies
1:30 – Kasey Anderson
2:15 – T. Tex Edwards & Out On Parole
3:05 – Coal Porters
3:55 – The Nashville Liverpool Underground Medicine Show
4:45 – The Maldives

Ninebullets Party
Opa!
2050 South Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78704
6:00 – American Aquarium
7:00 – Austin Lucas
8:00 – Kasey Anderson
9:00 – Glossary
10:00 – Joe Pug

MARCH 18
Music Fog Showcase
Old Threadgill’s
6416 North Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78752
11:20 – Luke Doucet
12:20 – Kasey Anderson
1:10 – Ray Wylie Hubbard
1:40 – Gurf Morlix
2:20 – Joe Ely
3:20 – Stone River Boys
4:20 – Warren Hood
5:10 – Catherine MacLellan
5:40 – Lynn Miles
6:20 – Asylum Street Spankers
7:10 – Danny Barnes
7:40 – Margo Viliante

MARCH 19
Sweet Relief Party
Jovita’s
1617 South 1st St
Austin, TX 78704
Too many acts to list.
1:00 – Kasey Anderson

Listen to tunes from Dead Roses, The Reckoning, Way Out West, and Nowhere Nights here.

“[Anderson's] straightforward narrative songwriting slots nicely into the hallowed Townes Van Zandt/Steve Earle/Guy Clark Texas tradition.” – Paste

“8/10 Stars” – Blurt

“A solid collection of broken-bottle ballads and rockers.” – The Onion A.V. Club

“Highly recommended.” – Ryan’s Smashing Life

“I know we are only a month in, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Nowhere Nights ended up on more than a few best of lists by the end of the year. I know it’ll be on mine.” – Twangville

“Anderson’s sandpaper snarl and evocative lyrics serve up a fantastic disc that doesn’t seem to have a weak link to be found.” – The Gobblers Knob

“Essential listening: [Anderson] is better than most at what he does.” – Ninebullets

“Anderson’s best, most personal record yet.” – PopMatters

“[Nowhere Nights'] anchor, and its strength is that its location is emotional, not geographical. Well, that and Anderson’s ability to distill big moments into little gems…” – The Oregonian

“Muscular rockers such as All Lit Up and Torn Apart flare up and blaze bonfire-strong and the slowed-down numbers feel like they were captured late at night by the light of a dying flame. – Country Standard Time

“One of those striking American voices; a whole new combination of folk, country, rock ‘n’ roll and all those lit/philosophy/social studies classes we took.” – Peter Ames Carlin

“What you hear on Nowhere Nights are the words of an artist deeply rooted to what it used to mean to be a songwriter.” – Fensepost

“This odd combination of piercing analysis and resigned fatalism gives the album its power.” – Geoffrey Himes

“I Was a Photograph will be the song of the year.” – My Aimz Is True

“I Was A Photograph is not only the stand out track on this album, but the song of the year.” – A Truer Sound

“[Nowhere Nights] is like a freedom drive down some distant highway, the windows down and Born To Run blaring from the tape deck.” – Last Year’s Girl

“Kasey Anderson is a great songwriter.” – One Chord to Another

“A gorgeous album, alternating between up-beat bar tunes and slow-bleeding ballads.” – More Cowbelle

“A shoo-in for Top 10 of 2010.” – Front Porch Musings

“Anderson’s landscape might be full of small town trainwrecks and awkward encounters, but his songs are full-blown cinematic masterpieces.” – Oregon Music News

“A front runner for Best of 2010; Nowhere Nights is the real deal.” – Beat Surrender

“This is an artist to follow into the new decade.” – Northwest Indie Music

“A new voice to be reckoned with.” – Aquarian Weekly

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Almost all of my favorite records came to me by way of suggestion from a friend. It remains my favorite way to discover new music. If you found your way here, I’m assuming that you’ve likely had a similar experience, being as my face isn’t splashed across the cover of Rolling Stone and my tunes aren’t burning up the weekend countdown charts of the local Entercom station on your FM dial.

So, if you’ve stumbled upon my tunes and think they’re worth sharing, I’d like you to do just that. If you’ve got a few friends who you think would dig my tunes, I’m happy to send you a free, four-song digital sampler.

Here’s all you have to do:

1. Choose any four songs you like, from any of my records.
2. Send an email with the subject line “Sampler” to nowherenights[at]gmail.com, and include your four choices in the body of the email.

That’s it. Once your email has been received, you’ll receive a replay containing a download link for your custom sampler. After that, you can forward the link to friends, burn CD’s for them, share the tunes however you’d like. Feel free to direct them here, as well, and they can create their own sampler.

(This idea was originated by a phenomenal songwriter named Joe Pug. If you aren’t already listening to Joe, you should be.)

Thanks for listening, and thanks for your help.

- KA

Kasey Anderson’s digital-only covers album Way Out West is available now from iTunes and all other digital storefronts, and at the kaseyanderson.com store.

Way Out West was recorded in hotel rooms and apartments throughout Europe during Kasey’s 2009 European Tour.

LISTEN TO “WALLS” FROM WAY OUT WEST
Walls